Archive for February, 2009
Unemployed and Playing Poker
This is seeming a little strange.. I am approaching my 29th birthday and I find myself unemployed… again. It seems like a dream.. like it’s just a long weekend. I had planned a Vegas trip for this weekend so it just seems like an extra day off was tacked on.. Well, yesterday while I was eating my salad at my computer.. in my dark corner of an office.. I was approached and asked to come to a meeting. I knew it. I sort of knew it was coming with all the lay offs and my lack of seniority at this company. The moment they say the words though, it is real. Another victim of our terrible economy.
PLO Tourneys
There hasn’t been much written on PLO tournament strategy. Trust me, I’ve looked. So, I’ve been doing some strategizing on my own, which has made me realize how much harder players had it before Super Systems and Card Runners.
This past weekend, I played twelve hours to cash for a whopping $150 profit in the Venetian PLO event, but it was worth it because I managed to figure a few things out.
1. If the tournament is structured like a typical hold’em tourney or stacks aren’t deep enough (you should get substantially more starting chips in a PLO tournament than in a hold’em event) then you pretty much have to win your first pot to have a decent chance at going deep.
patience, patience and more patience
I have made my return to live poker after 2 solid months off.. My first session back was not so good. Had my Aces cracked by a 5-7 when my opponent rivered 2 pair. Very painful and I even joked with him that I was going to beat him up in the parking lot.. (but really, for that, I should have). Well the other night I decided to play at Commerce – there definitely was craziness with the LAPC wrapping up later this week. It was very loud in there.
Starting at the bottom
Hello All,
Not sure how many dedicated Pokersifters are left, but sometimes its worth checking back in. For those that need an update and back ground – here it is….
